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2022 Easter Prayer for Peace and Reunification on the Korean Peninsula, drafted by the National Council of Churches in Korea.

The National Council of Churches in Korea composed the prayer. Churches are encouraged to translate this prayer into their national languages and share it with their congregations.

O God, grant us a humble heart...

With the Ecumenical Prayer Cycle, we pray for the churches and people of Japan, North Korea, South Korea and Taiwan.

Lord of life, God of love, here and now, I offer you my whole life...

With the Ecumenical Prayer Cycle, we pray for the churches and people of Japan, North Korea, South Korea and Taiwan.

With the Ecumenical Prayer Cycle, we pray for the churches and people of 

Japan, North Korea, South Korea and Taiwan.

As we commemorate the 70th anniversary of Korean War and pray for the nation’s
reconciliation, peace and co-existence, we share a sermon, a prayer, a testimony
and a solidarity message that you may use as good worship resources for the
National Reconciliation Week. Please use them for Sunday worship, Wednesday
gatherings and bible study meetings during the National Reconciliation Week.

Prayer of Rev. Dr Olav Fykse Tveit at the award ceremony, receiving the the Dongbaek Medal of the Order of Civil Merit of the Republic of Korea, during a ceremony at the Korean Embassy in Oslo, Norway, 5 May 2020, in English and Korean.

Joint Easter Prayer of North-South Korea by the The National Council of Churches in Korea

August 15 is celebrated as Liberation Day in Korea, the day that signifies Korea’s liberation from Japanese colonization.
In 2013, the WCC 10th General Assembly meeting in Busan, Korea passed a resolution that the churches of the world will annually observe each Sunday prior to August 15 as a “Sunday of Prayer for the Peaceful Reunification of the Korean Peninsula.”
The Reconciliation and Reunification Committee of the NCCK drafted this liturgy in the hopes that each church could apply it with reference to their own situation.
The Joint Prayer for the Peaceful Reunification of the Korean Peninsula was prepared by both the NCCK (South) and the Korean Christian Federation (North) together.
In 2018 the two leaders from North and South Korea met and adopted the Panmunjom Declaration and the Pyongyang Declaration. Korean people together with the whole world celebrated and affirmed the two declarations as they pave a new way to peace, prosperity, and unification of the divided Korea. The NCCK together with the global ecumenical community will consolidate all its effort to actualize the spirit of the two declarations.

Prayer for Peace and Reunification on the Korean Peninsula by the National Council of Churches in Korea (NCCK) and Korean Christian Federation (KCF)

A prayer written by the Rev. Dr Chris Walker, national consultant for Christian Unity, Doctrine and Worship, Uniting Church in Australia, for the 70th anniversary of the World Council of Churches

Each year, Christians are invited to join in a prayer for peace and reunification of the Korean Peninsula. Prepared by the National Council of Churches in Korea (NCCK) and the Korean Christian Federation (KCF), the prayer is traditionally used on the Sunday before 15 August every year.

The National Council of Churches in Korea (NCCK) and the Korean Christian Federation (KCF) have worked together to prepare the “2017 Easter Joint North-South Prayer.”

Order of service prepared by the National Council of Churches in Korea Reconciliation and Reunification Committee, based on the 2016 Asia Sunday liturgy from the Christian Conference of Asia.

The National Council of Churches in Korea (NCCK), based in the ROK, and the Korean Christian Federation (KCF),based in the DPRK, have, since 1989, jointly written an annual "common prayer for peace and reunification".

Joint prayer for the peaceful reunification of the Korean peninsula
by the National Council of Churches in Korea and the Korean Christian Federation Central Committee

Jointly prepared by the National Council of Churches in Korea and the Korean Christian Federation, this prayer is used on the Sunday just before 15 August.

Jointly prepared and published by the Pontifical Council for Christian Unity and the Commission on Faith and Order of the World Council of Churches.

The Week of Prayer for Christian Unity 2009 is rooted in the experience of the churches in Korea. In their context of national division the churches have turned for inspiration to the prophet Ezekiel, who also lived in a tragically divided nation and longed for the unity of his people.